what an empire will grow out of a marriage like this! 30
With the arms of the Teucrians at its back, to what a
height will the glory of Carthage soar! Only be it yours
to implore the favour of Heaven, and having won its
acceptance, give free course to hospitality and weave a
chain of pleas for delay, while the tempest is raging its 35
full on the sea, and Orion, the star of rain, while his ships
are still battered, and the rigour of the sky still unyielding.”
By these words she added fresh fuel to the fire of
love, gave confidence to her wavering mind, and loosed